#AEB8AF#AEB8AF

#AEB8AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.017 H 148.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8AF
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 175)
HSL	hsl(126, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(126, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -5.18, 3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 6.18, 146.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0143 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.017 148.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3325, 46.3745, 47.2701)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8AF #B8AEB7

analogous

#B2B8AE #AEB8AF #AEB8B4

triadic

#AEB8AF #AFAEB8 #B8AFAE

tetradic

#AEB8AF #AEB2B8 #B8AEB7 #B8B4AE

square

#AEB8AF #AEB2B8 #B8AEB7 #B8B4AE

split-complementary

#AEB8AF #B4AEB8 #B8AEB2

monochromatic

#6E7E70 #8D9B8F #AEB8AF #CFD5CF #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEB8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#AEB8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8AF

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8AF	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.017 148.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdc6',
    500: '#aeb8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8af;
$custom-light: #c6cdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77212,
    "c": 0.0168,
    "h": 148.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8AF

secondary

#E2E0E2

accent

#558B90

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8AF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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